Photographer Gareth Davies saw the cephalopod as he went for a seaside walk.

All octopuses start out as teeny, tiny plankton, and most grow up to settle down on the seafloor. The blanket octopus, however, never settles down, and spends its life wandering the open ocean. Hosted ...

A photographer finds a rare orange octopus on a beach, after a surprising increase in their numbers in the area.

When people think of intelligent animals, they immediately think of dolphins, elephants, and chimpanzees. But one of the most ...

The animals' camouflaging capabilities have long inspired humans. The new material could one day help researchers improve ...

Washington has already banned octopus farming. The bill would further crack down on the practice by outlawing the sale, ...

An octopus showing an unusual outburst of liveliness was caught red-tentacled at the Alabama Aquarium, as it apparently ...